The Wayward Apprentice

A Stephen Attebrook Mystery, Book 1

By: Jason Vail

Narrated by: Jacob Daniels

Stephen Attebrook, a crippled knight facing poverty and ruin, seems condemned to a quiet life when he takes a position as deputy coroner in the small medieval town of Ludlow.

But instead, he plunges into a web of murder, espionage, and intrigue.

A death Attebrook rules an accidental drowning turns out to be a murder, and he must find the killer with little evidence pointing the way.

Then a commission to return a runaway apprentice pitches him into the midst of a conflict between a rebellious earl and King Henry III that is about to erupt into civil war.

Caught up in the twilight struggle among spies readying for war, Attebrook races to defend the apprentice against a charge of murder while dodging killers in the employ of one of the factions.

Thirteenth-century England has never been brought more vividly to life than in The Wayward Apprentice.

©2010 Jason Vail (P)2021 Jason Vail

Good story, good narrator

The story has interesting, likeable characters and moves at a good pace. The mystery is well plotted. Get the ebook and the audiobook is available for less than the cost of a credit. Read and listen is great.